unscrupulous
Example Sentences
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Some unscrupulous businesses are seeing it as an opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Chairman James Siva said in a statement that the regulations are an “important step in combating unscrupulous and illegal gaming in California.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
“There are some unscrupulous actors out there who present plans that seem to be ACA-compliant but are not,” she says.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Attempts to reverse course will likely prove futile — while enabling foreign competitors and unscrupulous individuals and groups to shape the economy in ways that undermine U.S. interests and values.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had memorized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
